7:20

8:20

Conference Registration 

8:20

8:30

Welcoming & Opening Remarks - Conference Chairs

Sunny Cho &

Allen Verbeek

Alberta Environment

Lakeland College

Session 1: Ambient Air Quality and Ambient Monitoring (Part 1)

Chaired by: Kristina Friesen, ACAA

8:30

8:55

Building Shared Strategies to Improve Air Quality: the Road Ahead

Norman MacLeod

CASA (Clean Air Strategic Alliance)

8:55

9:20

Ambient Air Monitoring Network Assessment and New Emerged Technologies

Kristina Friesen

ACAA (Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance)

9:20

9:45

Regional Partnerships for Air Quality Management: An Industry Perspective

Laurie Danielson

NCIA (Northeast Capital Industrial Association)

9:45

10:10

Linking Air Quality to Terrestrial Effects: A review of the WBEA’s Ambient Air and Terrestrial  Effects Monitoring in the Athabasca Oilsands Region

Veronica Chisholm & Sanjay Prasad

WBEA (Wood Buffalo Environmental Association)

10:10

10:40

Networking Break (Maple Leaf Room) & Poster Presentation and Open Exhibition (Aurora Room)

Session 2: GHG Emissions & Climate Change (Part 1)

Chaired by: Bob Savage, Alberta Environment  

10:40

11:05

An Update on Alberta’s Climate Change Strategy and Regulatory Framework

Bob Savage

Alberta Environment

11:05

11:30

Technology Initiatives to Reduce Alberta’s GHG Emissions

Duke du Plessis

Alberta Innovates

11:30

11:55

Waste to Biofuels Project-City of Edmonton

Jim Schubert

City of Edmonton

11:55

12:20

Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta: Recent Initiatives

Bettina Mueller

Alberta Energy

12:20

13:40

Lunch and Keynote Speaker Presentation

Ernie Hui

Assit. Deputy Minister,

Alberta Environment

Session 3: Human Health- Moving Beyond CACs

Chaired by: Allen Verbeek, Lakeland College

13:40

14:05

Oilsands Development and Air Quality in the First Nation and Metis Community of Fort McKay

David Spink

Fort McKay IRC.

14:05

14:30

Inhaled n-hexane - Human Health Risks and emerging guidelines

Anthony Knafla

Equilibrium Environmental Inc.

14:30

14:55

Using the Air Quality Health Index to Compare Air Quality Across Alberta

Bart Koppe

Intrinsik

14:55

15:15

Networking Break (Maple Leaf Room) & Poster Presentation and Open Exhibition (Aurora Room)

Session 4: Environmental Regulation, Policy and Framework

Chaired by: Kem Singh, Alberta Environment 

15:15

15:40

Update on Air Quality Management and Policy Initiatives by Alberta Environment

Kem Singh

Alberta Environment

15:40

16:05

Implementation of the Revised Ambient Air Quality Objectives for Sulphur Dioxide

Bob Myrick

Alberta Environment

16:05

16:30

Overview of ERCB Regulatory Improvements

Kim Eastlick

ERCB

16:30

16:55

Air Quality Initiatives in Lower Athabasca Regional Plan

Jonathan Mackay

Stantec

17:20

20:30

Networking  Mixer (Maple Leaf Room)

8:20

8:30

Second Day Opening of the Conference  - Conference Chairs

Sunny Cho &

Allen Verbeek

Alberta Environment

Lakeland College

Session 5: Ambient Air Quality and Ambient Monitoring (Part 2)

Chaired by: David Chadder, RWDI Air Inc.

8:30

8:55

Design and Successful Implementation of a PM_2.5 Receptor Modeling Study in Prince George, BC

Steven Brown

Sonoma Tech.

8:55

9:20

One Odour Unit-Precisely how Can an Odour Unit be Measured?

Anna H. Bokowa

ORTECH Environmental Inc.

9:20

9:45

Alberta and Saskatchewan Airshed Challenges

Robert Scotten

AMEC

9:45

10:10

An Industry Perspective on Air Quality Issues

Krista Phillips

CAPP

10:10

10:40

Networking Break (Maple Leaf Room) & Poster Presentation and Open Exhibition (Aurora Room)

Session 6: Air Modeling and Forecasting

Chaired by: Sunny Cho, Alberta Environment 

10:40

11:05

An Integrated Approach to Air Quality Forecasting: Implications for Regional Planning and Public Health Promotion

Xin Qui

Novus Environmental Inc.

11:05

11:30

BlueSky Western Canada Smoke Forecasting System

Lawrence Cheng

Alberta Environment

11:30

11:55

Denver Ozone SIP Modeling and Analysis of the New Proposed Secondary SO_x/NO_y NAAQS to Protect Against Watershed Acidification

Ralph Morris

ENVIRON INC.

11:55

12:20

Comparison of Ambient Ratio Method and Ozone Limiting Method Performance for Determining NO₂ Concentrations in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

Koray Onder

Golder

12:20

13:30

Lunch and CPANS 2011 AGM

Session 7: Air Emissions and Technology

Chaired by: Zaher Hashisho, University of Alberta

13:30

13:55

sky-LOSA; Quantitative Field Measurement of Soot Emission from Plumes and Flares

Matthew Johnson

Carleton University

13:55

14:20

Fast Preparation of Activated Carbon from Oil Sands Coke Using Microwave Activation

Zaher Hashisho

University of Alberta

14:20

14:45

Reliability of Oil Sands Systems Affects Environmental Performance

Michael Lipsett

University of Alberta

14:45

15:15

Networking Break (Maple Leaf Room) & Poster Presentation and Open Exhibition (Aurora Room)

Session 8: GHG Emissions & Climate Change (Part 2)

Chaired by: Madhan Selvaraj, Stantec

15:15

15:40

Managing GHG Emissions from a Waste Management Operation

Christian Felske

City of Edmonton

15:40

16:05

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment and Verification: Implications for Reasonable Assurance and Best Practices for Building an Action Plan

Frank W. Kloiber 

Amberg Corp.

16:05

16:30

The Impact of Climate Change on Ozone Pollution in the Lower Fraser Valley

Christian Reuten

RWDI Air Inc.

16:30

16:40

Conference Wrap-up

Sunny Cho

Alberta Environment